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Illustration Friday: Heights -

2012-04-20T09:48:00.004-07:00

"Heights"
digitally manipulated fractal flame & collage by Mick Mather
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"... all right everyone, line up alphabetically,
according to your height ..."
- Casey Stengel

Thursday Challenge: Spring -

2012-04-19T04:00:00.001-07:00

"Spring 2012"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... the birds and the bees
and the flowers and the trees ..."
- Dean Martin

Number 5 in a series -

2012-04-18T04:00:00.001-07:00

"The Best Offense"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... is a good defense ..."
- Unknown

When the going gets tough -

2012-04-17T04:00:00.001-07:00

"Shop 'Til You Drop"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the tough go shopping ..."
- Unknown

One in a sea of faces -

2012-04-16T04:00:00.000-07:00

"Girl In A Crowd"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... a charming woman ...
doesn't follow the crowd;
she is herself ..."
- Loretta Young

A fixer upper -

2012-04-15T04:00:00.001-07:00

"The Remodelers Midnight Dream"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... these windows seem to belong to a Mr. Landing in Fishkill ..."
- from "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"

All aboard!

2012-04-14T04:00:00.003-07:00

"Ticket to Ride"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today, yeah ..."
- The Beatles

Illustration Friday: Puzzled -

2012-04-13T06:19:00.003-07:00

"Puzzled"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity ..."
- Douglas Horton

Thursday Challenge: Silly -

2012-04-12T04:00:00.002-07:00

"Silly"
manipulated digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... can we go to the park, Poppa? ..."
- Leighlund Ruth Vincett

Number 4 in a series -

2012-04-11T04:00:00.001-07:00

"Behind the Veil of Mirrors"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... ah, to think how thin the veil that lies
between the pain of hell and paradise ..."
- George William Russell

Born again -

2012-04-10T04:00:00.000-07:00

"Spring Buds"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
"... I started to bud like a March twig ..."
- Sylvia Plath

More to tell -

2012-04-09T08:13:00.005-07:00

"True Confession II"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I still love you; this I must confess ..."
- Unknown

NEW from The Selfportrait Series -

2012-04-08T04:00:00.000-07:00

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Mixtape"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... loop dat, naamean ..."
- Unknown

Advanced particle physics?

2012-04-07T04:00:00.000-07:00

"String Theory"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... not the string theory we had in mind ..."
- Anonymous Know-it-All Physicist

Illustration Friday: Vocal -

2012-04-06T09:15:00.004-07:00

"The Vocalist"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I sing the songs that people need to hear ..."
- Etta James

Thursday Challenge: Hands -

2012-04-05T04:00:00.001-07:00

"Hands"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... take my hand ..."
- Unknown

NEW from The Trinity Series -

2012-04-04T04:00:00.000-07:00

"Trinity #22 - The CSX Readymade"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... below there! look out! look out!
for God's sake, clear the way ..."
- Charles Dickens ("The Signal-Man")

Wind in your sails -

2012-04-03T04:00:00.000-07:00

"The Knick-Knack"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... knick-knack paddywhack
give the dog a bone ..."
- Nursery Rhyme

Last year's model -

2012-04-02T04:00:00.001-07:00

"Out With the Old"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... dried out, brittle, crackling bones
last year's finest baritones ..."
- Unknown

Where's Alice?

2012-04-01T04:00:00.000-07:00

"Reverse Image"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee,
and I'll forgive Thy great big one on me ..."
- Robert Frost

Unsettled -

2012-03-31T04:00:00.000-07:00

"Shadows of the Storm"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... weather forecast for tonight: dark ..."
- George Carlin
(as Al Sleet, The Hippy Dippy Weatherman)

Illustration Friday: Return -

2012-03-30T08:21:00.003-07:00

"The Return"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the damage was done, the situation equalized; but, there was a price to be paid and the old man was now on the run; he and the dog set out for the hide where they'd been living off the land since the horror began; a plan was already set for the return ..."

- Mick Mather

Thursday Challenge: Three -

2012-03-29T04:00:00.000-07:00

"Three"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom ..."
- Anais Nin

Hot and cold -

2012-03-28T04:00:00.000-07:00

"Into the Fiery Furnace"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... so the king cast the children in the fiery furnace,
Shadrack, Meshach, Abednego! ..."
- The Book of Daniel

Night riders -

2012-03-27T04:00:00.000-07:00

"Night Riders"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... fasten your seat belts,
it's going to be a bumpy night ..."
- Bette Davis (as Margo Channing in "All About Eve")